An Investigation of Listening Activities Lifelong Turkish 1-2-3 (6-12 Years) Set in Turkish Teaching as a Foreign Language

Abstract

If it is aimed to provide effective teaching of Turkish as a foreign language, essential priority should be given to listening skills. When the people who learn Turkish as a foreign language are children, the characteristics that should be sought in the textbooks also differ. Small groups in children's age; they need books supported by activities that include daily life, games, animation, and social interaction. This study aims to examine the listening activities of the "Lifelong Turkish 1-2-3 (6-12 Age)" set, which is used as a textbook in the field of teaching Turkish as a foreign language in the PIKTES project. In the research, the listening activities were examined in terms of the distribution of listening activities by number, explanation of the types of activities, the examination of the audio files, and their proportion with other books in the set. The books were analyzed one by one from the qualitative research approaches through document analysis, and the data were collected and induced. The study documents consist of 3 textbooks, 3 workbooks, and a teacher's guide book of the Lifelong Turkish set published by the General Directorate of Lifelong Learning. A total of 73 listening activities were included in the study. As a result of the examination, while listening to the skill of listening in the first textbook activity due to the high amount and variety, it was seen that the listening skill in the second textbook was neglected and should be improved in the third textbook. Increasing the listening activities in terms of quantity, diversifying the types of activities and developing them as qualities; It will make essential contributions to listening skill in teaching Turkish as a foreign language.